Notation conventions, The commands – Apple Xsan 1.0 User Manual
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Appendix B
Using the Command Line
If you get the response “
No manual entry for
...” when you try to view a man page,
add the Xsan man pages directory
/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man
to your man
search path. One way to do this is to add the following line to the file
/etc/manpath.config
on your computer:
OPTIONAL_MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man
Notation Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout the command descriptions.
The Commands
Xsan includes the following command-line tools:
Notation
Indicates
monospaced font
A command or other terminal text
$
A shell prompt
[text_in_brackets]
An optional parameter
(one|other)
Alternative parameters (type one or the other)
underlined
A parameter you must replace with a value
[...]
A parameter that may be repeated
A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration
Command
Description
cvadmin
View or change volume and storage pool settings (page 85)
cvcp
Copy files or folders (page 88)
cvfsck
Check or repair a volume (page 89)
cvlabel
View, label, and initialize LUNs (page 90)
cvmkdir
Create a folder with an affinity (page 91)
cvmkfile
Create and pre-allocate a file (page 91)
cvmkfs
Initialize a volume (page 92)
cvsginfo
View storage pool information (page 92)
cvupdatefs
Apply volume setup changes (page 92)
fsm
Start a volume controller process (page 93)
fsmpm
Start a port mapper process (page 93)
snfsdefrag
Defragment a volume (page 93)
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